Grain Collective
About Grain Collective
Grain Collective is an award-winning landscape architecture and urban planning practice that builds thriving, equitable communities through inclusive planning, engagement and design.
We turn complex urban issues into opportunities by empowering stakeholders to actively shape the places where they belong. For us, successful projects authentically reflect the essence and identity of the communities that give them heart and vibrancy.
Our practice areas include:
- Urban Planning: We design systems that make cities more just, sustainable and joyful.
- Landscape Architecture: We weave together places, people and ecologies to create vibrant futures.
- Community Engagement: Local wisdom becomes our superpower for transformative design.
Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
- Strategic visioning and long-term planning
- Design frameworks, feasibility studies and strategies for improvements in the built environment, infrastructure, circulation, and public open spaces
- Master planning and design of parks, streetscapes and public spaces
- Master planning, detailed design, design documentation and construction administration support for large scale waterfronts, cultural and eco-tourism developments, campuses and mixed use developments
Community/ Stakeholder Engagement
- Advocacy, education, long-term stewardship and capacity building
- Creative tools, activities and visually-appealing materials for engaging diverse audiences
- Robust outreach to boost public participation
- Consensus-building, conflict-resolution, interpersonal communication strategies
Established in 2012, Grain Collective is a New York State and New York City certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE).

Address
339 Douglass Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217